Avi Perry's Blog (3)

The idea was born years ago when I was still working as a VP at a hi-tech company. I wanted to write a non-fiction facts-based book on Islamic Terror. I realized that the American culture was growing exceedingly politically correct. America was not playing by the same rules as its Islamic enemies. The Geneva Convention guidelines were no longer applicable when fighting international Islamic terror organizations. Laws had to be amended. And I was about to facilitate that change. Or so I… Continue

It’s risky.



While some readers may love every aspect of your story and praise it, some of your critics may disapprove. They may hold opposing political views, and thus, may not appreciate the way you depict your good guy, whom they like to perceive as the one with the timeless, evil soul. When your bad guy is the president of Iran and your reader is the Ayatollah he will find faults with every aspect of your story starting with the characters, whom he will define as stereotypes or… Continue

People keep asking. “What drove you to write 72 Virgins?” Why—after a long career as a professor in the academia, followed by a hi-tech stint as a technology chief—suddenly an author—a fiction writer. What happened?



My latest novel, 72 Virgins, carries a message, a prediction. Islamic terror is about to explode in the US. It’s a fact. Imagine. Attacks were thwarted even on the day the book was released. The real question is not whether Jihad terrorists’ plots will ever cease to… Continue